The impacts of landscape composition, marginality of distribution, soil fertility, and climatic stability on the patterns of woody plants endemism in the Cerrado

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr João De Deus Vidal Jr.1, Dr. Anete Pereira2, Dr. Ingrid Koch2 1University Of The Free State, Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa, 2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil Abstract: Among the diversification mechanics suggested for the Cerrado flora, the most widely discussed are the plateau/valley, stable/unstable, and core/peripheral hypotheses. The first argues that plateaus harbor more ancient…

The role of early careers researchers in the Global South’s ‘anthropocene’ SDG landscape

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Felix Kwabena Donkor1 1University of South Africa, Florida-Johannesburg, South Africa One of the key narratives in the SDGs is the need to address the impact of climate-related wicked problems on society. This comes with consequences on decent work (SDG 8) and sustainable communities (SDG 11) inter alia. Such a scenario is crucial for areas…

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The power of the Sumak kawsay (buen vivir) ancestral philosophy in the indigenous movements of Colombia – Ecuador vs exclusion by mining mega- development, contributions to the rights of the nature from the global south

ByCourtney Glancy

Mr Eduardo Erazo Acosta1 1University of Nariño, Pasto, Colombia This research has been carried out in the last 7 years, with emphasis on the republics of Colombia, Ecuador, in the Indigenous Communities of Colombia CRIC, Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca and CONAIE Confederation indigenous of Ecuador, in comparative perspective. In addition to the Ecuadorian indigenous…

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Marine fish larvae and harvested species communities have similar climate-induced shifts in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Micheli Duarte de Paula Costa1, Professor Kerrie A. Wilson1, Mr Philip J. Dyer1, Professor José Henrique Muelbert2, Professor Anthony J. Richardson1,3 1The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil, 3CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia Ocean warming is expected to displace species towards high latitudes. The Southwestern Atlantic Ocean is among…

Species on the move. Ancient Egyptian perspective

ByCourtney Glancy

Kamila Braulińska Abstract: Ancient Egyptian iconography, full of animals representations, portrays some species constantly, some occasionally, the frequency of depicting others tends to change in time. Zooarchaeological remains do not reflect it well. While one needs to consider the cultural reasons for the phenomenon, ecological changes and species distribution should be taken into account as…

Decoding climate response: future of native snow trout and non-native brown trout in Himalayan rivers

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Vineet Dubey1, Ms Aashna Sharma1, Dr Jeyaraj Johnson1, Dr Kuppusamy Sivakumar1 1Wildlife Institute Of India, Dehradun, India Successfully established wild populations of non-native brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) in higher altitude of Himalaya raise concerns for conservation of native snow trout (Schizothorax richardsonii) species over the past years. As such, assessing the way invasive-exotics…

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Discrepancies in data reporting of zoonotic infectious diseases across the Nordic countries – a call for action in the era of climate change

ByCourtney Glancy

MSc Camilla Berggren, Assoc prof Tomas Thierfelder, Professor Anders Koch, Professor Birgitta Evengård, PhD Anna Omazic 1Dept. of Energy & Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences , Uppsala, Sweden, 2Dept. of Energy & Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences , Uppsala, Sweden, 3Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland, 4Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Unit of Infection…

Pilot study on the genetic diversity and phylogeographic structure of mopane worms in Southern Africa

ByCourtney Glancy

Alex Dijkerman1, Tafadzwa Makosa1, Caitlin Ching Sent1, Dr Ruan Veldtman2,3, Gail Morland4, Dr Barbara van Asch1 1Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 3South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 4Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology,…

Establishing the mechanisms of range contraction for muskox

ByCourtney Glancy

Miss Elisabetta Canteri, David Nogués-Bravo, Niels Martin Schmidt, Hans  Redlef Siegismund, Rasmus  Heller, Mikkel  Stelvig, Damien  Fordham Abstract: The sizes, shapes and internal structures of the ranges of species are the result of demographic processes (e.g. population growth, dispersal, colonization and extinction) responding to spatiotemporal variation in abiotic and biotic processes. Until recently, researchers have…

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Decoding climate response: future of native snow trout and non-native brown trout in Himalayan rivers

ByCourtney Glancy

Dr Vineet Dubey1, Ms Aashna Sharma1, Dr Jeyaraj Johnson1, Dr Kuppusamy Sivakumar1 1Wildlife Institute Of India, Dehradun, India Successfully established wild populations of non-native brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) in higher altitude of Himalaya raise concerns for conservation of native snow trout (Schizothorax richardsonii) species over the past years. As such, assessing the way invasive-exotics…